FINGER TAPPING TEST
the name that is given to a test that is a measure of a person's fine motor speed when they…
FLIGHT OF IDEAS
a disturbance in the thinking processes that is a rapid and continuous succession of ideas that are related. It can…
FOLLOW-UP STUDY
the study undertaken to see if the short term effects of a therapy will continue after a certain period of…
FORMAL GROUP
the name that is given to any group that has been deliberately formed by members for a specific purpose. It…
FRAME-OF-REFERENCE TRAINING
the name of the training given to people responsible for evaluating employees in order to improve performance and accuracy ratings.
FREUDIAN SLIP
an unconscious error or an oversight in speaking, writing and actions that is caused by the breakthrough of unacceptable impulses…
FUNCTIONAL AGE
term for a person's age that is determined as a measure of their functional capabilities that have been indexed to…
FUNCTIONAL REORGANIZATION
These are the changes that occur after a brain injury to enable other areas of the brain to take over…
GARCIA EFFECT
the name of a conditioned taste aversion that is achieved rapidly by a single pairing of illness such as nausea…
GENDER IDENTITY
the recognition of being male or female resulting from a combination of biological and psychic influences, family attitudes and cultural…
GENERAL GENETIC LAW OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
The idea that a child's development is embedded in culture and occurs on two planes: first the social, between individuals,…
GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS
3 types of effects proposed. 1. Passive from biologically related parents. 2. Evocative from responses elicited by others. 3. active…
GROUP DYNAMICS
1. Dynamic and not static processes of a group affecting patterns and changes in communication, decisions and power. 2. Psychology.…
GUSTATORY SYSTEM
all of the primary structures that are involved with detection and responses to taste and eating. Includes taste buds, papillae,…
INTERNAL CONSISTENCY
term used to describe the degree to which all the items on a test measure the same thing.
INTERSPECIES INTERACTION
Interactions between species and all forms of it. Interactions that are long term and include parasitism, which is one species…
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
A specific activity with an incentive to engage and is derived from the activity itself (e.g. a genuine interest in…